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| Scientific Name | Synodontis victoriae Boulenger, 1906 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Buganga, Uganda, Lake Victoria [Victoria Nyanza]. |
| Pronunciation | sin oh don tiss |
| Etymology | Synodontis: From the Greek syn, meaning together, and odontos, meaning tooth; in reference to the closely-spaced lower jaw teeth. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 350mm (13.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | All species in the genus Synodontis have a hardened head cap that has attached a process (humeral process) which is situated behind the gill opening and pointed towards the posterior. The dorsal fin and pectoral fins have a hardened first ray which is serrated. Caudal fin is always forked. There is one pair of maxillary barbels, sometimes having membranes and occasionally branched. The two pairs of mandibular barbels are often branched and can have nodes attached. The cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw are short. S-shaped and movable in the lower jaw. These fish produce audible sounds when disturbed rubbing the base of the pectoral spine against the pectoral girdle. 16-21 mandibular teeth. Maxillary barbels reaching posterior tip of the humeral process, or occasionally beyond. Mandibular barbels with slender branches. Greyish silver, with dark spots of variable size. Caudal fin occasionally spotted. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Africa: Lake Victoria basin, Lake Kyoga, Victoria Nile, Malagarasi River. African Waters  , Western Rift Valley Lakes, Victoria (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nile, Upper Nile, White Nile (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Malagarasi (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)African Waters , Nile, Upper Nile, White Nile, Kyoga (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Temperature | 23.0-27.0°C or 73.4-80.6°F (Show others within this range) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on mollusks and insects. S. victoriae is able to extract the flesh of snails without crushing their shells |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (Ser. 7)v. 17 (no. 101) - pp438 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Oct 07 07:08 (species record created: 2001 May 04 00:00) |
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